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Product Performance Team Lead

Created on 22-01-2019
Location Berlin

Description

With Babbel anyone can learn a language.


Whether on the go, in the subway or at home on the sofa, Babbel supports those who take joy in learning outside of work or school. Since its founding in 2007, the company has grown to become the market leader in app-based language learning. In total, Babbel offers 14 learning languages, from English to Indonesian. Professional courses are available via the Babbel website as well as for smartphone and tablet. At Babbel, more than 600 team members from over 50 different countries work hard to set standards for creating a new learning experience.


Improving the way people learn languages is a great challenge — we’re looking for a team lead to join our product performance team starting from March


We want to expend our Product Performance Team inside the Quality and Release Management department, with the main focus on analysing our learning content and finding new ways of improving its impact on our learners and thus our business.


This team will work as a bridge between our learning content production and our analytics departments - keeping the needs of the product and the business in sync and helping us make the right decisions, in the right way, at the right time.


For this we are looking for a qualified team lead to manage our team, hire further team members and provide effective guidance. You will be responsible for supervising, managing and motivating team members on a daily basis as well as setting the stage for the team to perform cross departmentally.


As a team leader, you will be the contact point for all team members, so your communication skills should be excellent. You should also be able to act proactively to ensure smooth team operations and effective collaboration.


Ultimately, you should lead by setting a good example and engage the team to achieve goals.


As a Product Performance Team Lead,


You will:
  • Create the right set up for the team to work as a bridge towards the learning content production department
  • Manage stakeholders from different departments including supporting them on roadmap planning and KPI analyses for learning content
  • Be a major stakeholder in the short-, mid- and long-term strategy for our content
  • Create an inspiring team environment with an open communication culture
  • Set clear team goals to your team members
  • Oversee day-to-day operation and monitor team performance
  • Motivate team members and discover training needs and provide coaching
  • Listen to team members’ feedback and resolve any issues or conflicts
  • Look beyond our current products, features and platforms to identify key trends, opportunities and risks
  • Be an expert on industry trends and the competitor landscape to help evolve our thinking

As a Product Performance Team Lead, you need a passion for language learning and solid understanding of the industry. You love online/mobile products, and you are strongly motivated by figuring out how to use data to make them better.


You have:
  • Proven work experience as a team leader or supervisor (3+ years)
  • Talent for building strong professional relationships from scratch, and
  • Excellent communication skills
  • Ability to translate results of analyses into insights
  • Highly analytical nature, with experience of data-driven decision making and business models
  • Good understanding of statistics, and the ability to interpret these with confidence and drive through your recommendations
  • High flexibility to keep the pace in a highly growing environment
  • Prior experience in an industry with short implementation and iteration cycles
  • Degree in Management, training in team leading and or in linguistics/languages is a plus
  • Record of building up a team from scratch is a plus

Why Babbel?
  • Excellent working conditions in the heart of Berlin
  • Work directly with our unique language learning data
  • Responsibility from day one
  • A steep learning-curve – personally and professionally
  • Participate in hackdays and technology brown-bags
  • Opportunity for personal growth and development: we are a learning company and take learning seriously
  • A lively startup atmosphere with friendly working hours
  • A vibrant international team from over 50 different nationalities
  • Responsibility from day one and professional and personal growth
  • Great company benefits (High-End company bike, fresh fruits & drinks etc.)

Join one of the fastest growing education technology companies and contribute in making learning a whole new experience!

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